Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 12:45:34 +0100 From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: william gatlin <willietheturtle@linuxmail.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: I quit Message-ID: <41E1195E.8010800@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <20050109085346.D88A823EE65@ws5-4.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20050109085346.D88A823EE65@ws5-4.us4.outblaze.com>
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william gatlin wrote: > I have spent at least two weeks of my free time downloading 5.3 and trying to get it to work. After figuring out > how to get an ISO image, windows couldn't do it because netscape insisted on modifying the file, I loaded it and > got a lot of error code 1 messages that I never did figure out. I changed the partitioning and allowed 1/2 a gig > for the root directory and loaded it again. > > All seemed to go well untill I tryed to configure the X.org windowing system. Nothing in /stand/sysinstall would > do any configuration of X. Went to the net and got instructions. Finally got X to work and found vidtune. > > Kdm comes up with a log in screen which just leads to another log in screen. ctrl-alt-backspace won't turn x off > as it keeps comming back on it's own. Nothing leads to a window manager other than the little one that comes with > X. I sounds like you have started X by setting xdm on in /etc/ttys, I would recommend you not to do that first time you start up X but rather use startx. To get the console, press crtl-alt-F1, X is normally on F9. To understand a bit about how X works: When X starts your session, it will look for the file .xinitrc in your home directory and execute the programs listed, if you have no .xinitrc the default system file is used: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc Usually only your windows manager is listed. Once the last program in .xinitrc exists, X terminates your session. If you started X by setting xdm on in /etc/ttys, X gives you a new login promt, otherwise you will return to the console. So, it may not be X, but your window manager that is screwed, maybe you have a core-dump file in your home directory - that would indicate it. If you use startx instead and X crashes for whatever reason, you should have some error output on the console you can post here on the list. To see if it's your window manager, try a different one, I like fluxbox because it's lightweight. gnome/kde are quite heavy. Just try this before you give up on FreeBSD. Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/2004071206.crt Subject ID: A9:76:7A:ED:06:95:2B:8D:48:97:CE:F2:3F:42:C8:F2:22:DE:4C:B9 Fingerprint: 4A:E8:63:38:46:F6:9A:5D:B4:DC:29:41:3F:62:D3:0A:73:25:67:C2
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